Once students can decode, they need ongoing and thoughtful instruction to understand, interpret, and engage with what they read.
Many children who do not have trouble learning how to read do have trouble understanding what they read. Yet surprisingly, comprehension instruction did not receive much attention from reading ...
Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once ...
Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Fall 1993), pp. 43-64 (22 pages) This study was undertaken to determine the effect of outlining and networking on college students' ...
Washington, December 13, 2023—For years, research showed that print reading, whether for leisure or school, improved developing readers’ ability to comprehend text. However, the explosive use of ...
When you read a text and show you understand it by answering questions, this is called comprehension. You use comprehension skills all the time in everyday life. For example, when you work out what a ...
Many children who do not have trouble learning how to read do have trouble understanding what they read. Yet surprisingly, comprehension instruction did not receive much attention from reading ...